An American Silver Flatware Service, Tiffany & Co., New York, 20th century

Wave Edge pattern, engraved with initial A, comprising:
eighteen dinner knives
eighteen dinner forks
eighteen lunch knives
eighteen lunch forks
eighteen fish knives
eighteen fish forks
eighteen dessert/tea knives
eleven fruit forks
sixteen butter spreaders
eighteen salad forks
eighteen ice cream forks
eighteen oyster forks
twenty-four teaspoons
eighteen dessert spoons
eighteeen tablespoons
twelve orange spoons
eighteen ice cream spoons, twelve with gilt bowls
one fish server, by McAuliffe & Hadley
one flat server, by Farrington & Hunnewell
299 pieces, in wood case

one dinner knife with broken blade, good condition
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